Named after Charles A. Guernsey who was a dude cattleman from Chicago, Illinois. Prominent in politics and active in the development of the state, Guernsey purchased the famous Sunrise mine from the original locators and interested Eastern capitalists in its value as a producer of high grad steel ore. (WPA) Named for Charles A. Guernsey, early pioneer, cattleman and business man who developed the mines in the Hartville and Sunrise Districts. (Annals of Wyoming 14:3)
County:
Platte
Feature Category:
Manmade Features
Alternate Spellings:
Guernsie
More Reading:
Wyoming cowboy days : an account of the experience of Charles Arthur Guernsey, in which he tells in his own way of the early Territorial cattle days and political strifes, and deals with many of the state's and nation's famous characters. Guernsey, Charles A. (Charles Arthur) New York : Putnam, 1936.
